Butter-dish



(ModeL) E. C. WESTERVELT= BUTTER DIS H.

No. 267 624. Patented NOV. 14. 1882 UNTTED STATES PATENT 'OFFICE...

EDMUND O. WESTERVELT, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

BUTTER-DISH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,624, dated November14, 1882,

V Application filed September 12, 1882. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDMUND G. WEs'rEa- VELT,of South Bend, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter- Dishes; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecithen show how I make it.

The letter A designates the bottom of the dish; B B, the twoflaring-sides; O O, the two flaring ends; and E, the hinged or foldingcover. These parts are all formed from one piece of veneer or pasteboardin the following manner: I cut, by means of a stamp-knifeor by any othersuitable means, a form represented. by Fig. 2. This form is cut from asheet of thin veneer, pasteboard', or other suitable material. At a a aa I make-slits, which may be diagonal to the longitudinal edges]; orthese slits or cuts may be parallel to said edges. They terminate increases b b and form the internal intermediate flaps, D, which, inconnection with the external flaps, 0 c, that overlap them, and wireties Gr, constitute the semi-rigid ends 0 G of the body of the dish whenarranged as shown in Fig. 1, above dedescribed. The corners of the partwhich constitutes the body of the dish are rounded, and so also arethecorners of the folding cover E. This cover is formedon one of thesides of the body, and the rounded contour of the body at the hinge orjunction of the cover with the body is produced by the notches d d atthe termini of the crease There are many advantages attending myimproved dish over others with which I am acquainted, among which I willmention that my dish and cover combined and of one piece can be readilymade by machinery out of cheap veneer or pasteboard, and that the sidesof the body of the dish are sufficiently rigid to free the butter'knifeof butter when scraped over the edges of the flaring sides. Another advantage attending my dish is that the cover E, being of the same piecewith the body, will fit snugly on the upper edges of the latter.

I do not claim broadly a butter-dish the body of which is constructedindependent of its cover and the latter pasted or otherwise cemented tothe body, as this is old and not my invention.

I am aware that the body of the box itselfis old, and that a box with acover pasted there to is old. I am also aware that vertical-sided boxesmade of one blank, which includes the wholebox and the cover integralwith the bod y,

stantially 'in the manner and for .the purpose described.

2. The new article of manufacture consisting of a butter-dish body andits cover, the two being integral, and the body being composed oftlaringsides and theends being formed of the flaps D, lapping portions 0 c, andthe wire ties, all constructed and adapted to opcrate substantially inthe manner and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses. V

EDMUND O. WESTERVELT.

Witnesses:

SAM H. DU SHANE, ROBERT P. KIZER.

all constructed and adapted to operate sub-.

